With the current state of anti-piracy technology, there may not be any more pirated games to play in two years. The claim comes after Chinese cracking group 3DM attempted to break the Denuvo security on open-world action game, Just Cause 3. “Recently, many people have asked about cracks for ‘Just Cause 3′, so here is a centralised answer to this question. The last stage is too difficult and Jun [cracking guy] nearly gave up, but last Wednesday I encouraged him to continue,” posted 3DM founder who goes by the handle of Bird Sister. (Also see: Just Cause 3 Review) “I…
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After outrage over the price tag of the much-awaited virtual reality headset Oculus Rift, it appears that Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) device might be more expensive. This was unearthed by Forbes which found the headset listed on Amazon Canada for CAD 1,125.35, which works out to just over $800 (around Rs. 53,330). If true it would mean that PS VR is a full $200 more than the Oculus Rift, a device that many find too expensive at this juncture. It would also be at odds with what Sony Computer Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Andrew House stated at Tokyo Game…
This week, Oculus finally announced the consumer launch of its Rift virtual reality headset — more than three years after its original Kickstarter launch, and nearly two years since Facebook bought the firmfor $1 billion (roughly Rs. 6,688 crores). The launch came with a lot of hype, and pre-order supplies went quickly. (Try to pre-order one now and you get an estimated ship date of June.) But there was a bit of a blot on the announcement as well, as many potential buyers complained about the $599 (roughly Rs. 40,000) price tag. I sat down with Brendan Iribe, chief executive…
The Indian information technology (IT) industry on Thursday sought relief from double taxation on software products, and that the sector be cushioned in view of the protectionist measures being adopted in the global market. “We have flagged our concerns with regard to double taxation on software products. While the GST (goods and services tax) will address that, we have suggested that some measures be taken to address the issue till the time GST comes into force,” industry body Nasscom president R. Chandrashekhar told reporters after a pre-budget meeting in New Delhi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The industry has earlier…
Illustration by The Project Twins For researchers who code, academic norms for tracking the value of their work seem grossly unfair. They can spend hours contributing to software that underpins research, but if that work does not result in the authorship of a research paper and accompanying citations, there is little way to measure its impact. Take Klaus Schliep, a postdoctoral researcher who is studying evolutionary biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. His Google Scholar page lists the papers that he has authored — including his top-cited work, an article describing phylogenetics software called phangorn — but it…
BlackBerry showcased its QNX self-driving technology at CES 2016 on a modified Toyota Highlander and a Jeep Wrangler. Read on to see what are the prospects of BlackBerry’s autonomous driving technologies in a market divided between Google and Tesla. (Photo : BlackBerry) BlackBerry took advantage of the CES 2016 event to jump in the autonomous driving technology bandwagon, next to strong rivals such as Google, Uber and Tesla. The Canadian company used the Las Vegas opportunity to display a QNX technology concept vehicle, which is simply a Toyota Highlander modified to host BlackBerry’s self-driving software. But what does the QNX…
A key lieutenant to CEO Ginni Rometty is leaving. Steve Mills, the IBM veteran who transformed that company’s software strategy, is retiring. The news is hardly a surprise. Mills, joined Big Blue fresh out of Union College in 1973, according to his official bioand is thus, after 43 years with the company, closing in on retirement age. A year ago, Mills was promoted to executive vice president for IBM Software and Systems, reporting directly to IBM chief executive Ginni Rometty, whom he advised on software and hardware issues. But for years up till that point, he had helped shape what…
Sameer Al-SakranCRUNCH NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR Sameer Al-Sakran is the founder and CEO ofMetabase, an open source business intelligence company. How to join the network Now that the books have closed on 2015, it’s time to look back and take in some of the changes in the analytics software market. There have been several trends (open source, cloud hosting, SQL on Hadoop) that have continued to play out, as well as the emergence of AWS Redshift as a major force in data warehouses. Additionally, a number of startups have converged around the ecological niches the emergence of Redshift has created in an otherwise…
1The EHang 184 autonomous-flight drone can carry one passenger — who does not need to pilot the drone. Once a destination is entered, only a take off or land button needs to be pushed to travel. The drone takes off and lands vertically eliminating the need for a runway. It can travel about 20 miles Photo:Getty 1 Ehang Model 184 passenger drone Is it a drone? Is it a helicopter? Actually, it’s something in between. Ehang’s aerial vehicle takes one passenger but is completely autonomous. Basically, you just point out (on your phone’s map) where you want to go and…
Drone CHENNAI: Ford and DJI are imagining a world in which vehicles and drones become more capable and efficient working together. They have announced a challenge to develop the software to make that possible. Working with DJI, the world leader in professional-grade drone systems and software, Ford invites innovators to participate in the DJI Developer Challenge to create drone-to-vehicle communications using Ford SYNC AppLink or OpenXC. The goal is a surveying system for the United Nations Development Program to inspect emergency zones inaccessible to even the most versatile vehicles. The technology could allow United Nations first responders to earthquakes or…